Definitions for univalve
ˈyu nəˌvælv; ˌyu nəˈvæl vyə ləruni·valve

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gastropod, univalveadjective

   a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes

2. univalveadjective

   used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.

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1. univalvenoun

   A univalve mollusk or its shell.

2. univalveadjective

   having one valve, typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails.

3. univalveadjective

   consisting of a single valve or piece, used to refer to a shell.

4. Etymology: Originated 1655–65 from.

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1. univalve

   The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, and land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. As of 2017, 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record.Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mollusca, and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum, with 65,000 to 80,000 living snail and slug species. The anatomy, behavior, feeding, and reproductive adaptations of gastropods vary significantly from one clade or group to another, so stating many generalities for all gastropods is difficult. The class Gastropoda has an extraordinary diversification of habitats. Representatives live in gardens, woodland, deserts, and on mountains; in small ditches, great rivers, and lakes; in estuaries, mudflats, the rocky intertidal, the sandy subtidal, the abyssal depths of the oceans, including the hydrothermal vents, and numerous other ecological niches, including parasitic ones. Although the name "snail" can be, and often is, applied to all the members of this class, commonly this word means only those species with an external shell big enough that the soft parts can withdraw completely into it. Those gastropods without a shell, and those with only a very reduced or internal shell, are usually known as slugs; those with a shell into which they can partly but not completely withdraw are termed semislugs. The marine shelled species of gastropods include species such as abalone, conches, periwinkles, whelks, and numerous other sea snails that produce seashells that are coiled in the adult stage—though in some, the coiling may not be very visible, for example in cowries. In a number of families of species, such as all the various limpets, the shell is coiled only in the larval stage, and is a simple conical structure after that.

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1. univalve

   A univalve is a mollusk that has a shell composed of a single piece, such as a snail or a conch. The term can also be used to describe any biological structure consisting of a single valve or piece.

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1. Univalvenoun

   a shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs

2. Univalveadjective

   alt. of Univalved

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1. Univalve

   ū′ni-valv, adj. having one valve or shell only.—n. a shell of one valve only: a mollusc whose shell is composed of a single piece.—adj. Unival′vular.

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   The numerical value of univalve in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

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   The numerical value of univalve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=univalve
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Univalve
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univalve
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/univalve
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=univalve